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Origin
Shortening of in lieu of (something).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بَدَلًا مِن
- بَدَلًا مِن (badalan min)instead (of); in place (of)
Catalan en comptes de, en lloc de
- en comptes deinstead (of); in place (of)
- en lloc deinstead (of); in place (of)
Czech místo
- místoinstead (of); in place (of)
Danish i stedet
- i stedetinstead (of); in place (of)
Esperanto anstataŭ
- anstataŭinstead (of); in place (of)
Finnish sijasta, asemesta
- sijastainstead (of); in place (of)
- asemestainstead (of); in place (of)
- asemastainstead (of); in place (of)
French au lieu de, à la place de
- au lieu deinstead (of); in place (of)
- à la place deinstead (of); in place (of)
German anstelle, anstatt
- anstelleinstead (of); in place (of)
- anstattinstead (of); in place (of)
- stattinstead (of); in place (of)
Greek αντί
- αντί (antí)instead (of); in place (of)
Hebrew במקום
- במקום (bimkóm)instead (of); in place (of)
Hungarian helyett
- helyettinstead (of); in place (of)
Icelandic í stað
- í staðinstead (of); in place (of)
Italian al posto di
- al posto diinstead (of); in place (of)
Portuguese em vez de
- em vez deinstead (of); in place (of)
Russian вме́сто
- вме́сто (vmésto)instead (of); in place (of)
Spanish en lugar de, en vez de
- en lugar deinstead (of); in place (of)
- en vez deinstead (of); in place (of)
Swedish i stället (för)
- i stället (för)instead (of); in place (of)
Vietnamese thay vì
- thay vìinstead (of); in place (of)
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APA
in lieu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20lieu
MLA
“in lieu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20lieu. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in lieu,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20lieu.
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